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- Angelou celebrating 80th birthday in Atlanta - Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Maya Angelou may be 80, but she doesn't party like it. The author-poet-dancer-singer-activist will celebrate her birthday in Atlanta Sunday with a star-studded gala including a red carpet and a celebrity guest list. The soiree will benefit a YMCA ...
- On the Sidewalks, Rappers Peddle Their Own Voices - New York Times
On the Sidewalks, Rappers Peddle Their Own VoicesNew York Times, United States - 40 minutes agoEach day across Manhattan, music peddlers work the sidewalks, selling their own voices, rhythms and poetry about gangs, cash and hustling to those with a ...
- A Thing of the Past - Forward
Objects have power. In my last column I wrote about the power of Christian right-wing trinkets as symbols of identity and values. A Torah is another powerful object; when it’s no longer usable it has to be buried, like a dead body. Then there’s ...
- Entertainment week of June 20-26 - Orange Leader
The summer concert season arrives in style with loads of big name celebrities performing in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana this weekend. There is still time to make plans to attend any one of these fabulous events. Ford Park Beaumont’s ...
- Web extra: Local literary events (The Naperville Sun)
A calendar of author appearances and book-signings.
- Events Calendar - Novato Advance
Events CalendarNovato Advance, CA - 1 hour agoLISTEN AND BE HEARD POETRY CAFE: Rats in the Alley Comedy Improv, ongoing. First Tuesday of every month, 8 pm-10 pm $5. $8 unless otherwise noted. ...
- PCPL welcomes children's librarian - Banner-Graphic
Moving to Greencastle felt like coming home for Putnam County Public Library's new children's librarian Rajean Gallagher. "When we came to look at Greencastle, I fell in love. It just felt like home," Gallagher said. She first came to town to check ...
- What was your favorite story? (The York Weekly)
May marks the official beginning of spring in Maine. March can be cold and April capricious, but May brings green leaves and lawns. May is a transitional month, and so it is fitting that it is a time in which we celebrate life transitions —...
- A saga of fearlessness, compassion - Economic Times
A saga of fearlessness, compassionEconomic Times, India - 2 hours agoThese and a thousand more uplifting thoughts emerge from Taare Zameen Par... film, art, poetry, entertainment, at its most harmonious. ...
- Catherine Sampson's top 10 books on Beijing - Guardian Unlimited
Catherine Sampson has lived in China for more than 15 years. Her fourth crime novel, The Slaughter Pavilion, is set in Beijing and features private detective Song Ren. It will be published in hardback by Macmillan on September 5. Her third novel, The ...
- Unexpected events unearth meaning in the life and art of Phyllis Jacobs (The Frederick News-Post)
Nearly 50 years ago, Phyllis Jacobs found herself unearthing pottery and arrowheads at an archaeological excavation site in southern Indiana -- an act that would later subtly influence her concept of what her art is.
- Gary Snyder awarded $100000 poetry prize - The Union of Grass Valley
Gary Snyder awarded $100000 poetry prizeThe Union of Grass Valley, CA - 6 hours agoSnyder has stepped back from teaching and book writing, but he's a thoughful communicator, pointing out in an e-mail to The Union just last week the ...
- Area Communities Plan Memorial Day Recognition - Marshall County Journal
Area Communities Plan Memorial Day RecognitionMarshall County Journal, SD - 2 hours agoWinners in the District Poetry Contest - 5th grade; Tory Hoines, Tyler Lynch and 6th grade, Olivia Carlson, Sierra Bivens and Evan Carlson will read their ...
- Dana Adobe Heritage Day celebration is Saturday - Adobe Press
Dana Adobe Heritage Day celebration is SaturdayAdobe Press, CA - 4 hours agoIn addition to all the daytime festivities, there will be an evening Campfire Concert, Great Chicken BBQ, poetry and much more. Cost for the evening event ...
- Indian blogger's series in Pak text book - Hindustan Times
An Indian blogger's write-ups on five things Pakistanis love about their country may soon be included in a Pakistani school text book. The Oxford University Press in Karachi, which is working on a Class 11 text book, has sought Mayank Austen Soofi's ...
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